The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-08 00:00:00

MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market today were small. Both for red and white qualities the dem an d , however, was in a sluggish state, yet prices were unaltered from Monday last. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands wasibut mo derate. Millers operated cautiously, and a limited business Was transacted in all descriptions, at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at previous Quotations. The 6 upply of barley on offer was moderate. Generally epeaking, the trade ruled quiet, at late currencies. Malt was in slow request, at late rates. The market was well supplied with oats, and the demand ruled less active. The late advance in prices was, however, supported. Beans and peas ruled firm, at quite previous quotations. In flour a moderate business was transacted, on former terms. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Zncrii,o, Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout " ---•• 710 1,160 1,352 i , S ( ) 11: 1 ) i 530 Irish. " Foreign,,,, ~ ''''' •• - 1 eiV.U...... 3,510 2,510 1 . 30,7.0 , 75 sks 2.510 bra. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets continue to be moderately supplied with town 4 nd country-killed meat. On the whole the trade ie steady, at our quotations. Per Sib. by Inferior beef 30 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 8 Prime laro. b e do. 3 10 4 0 Do. sinalldo. 4 0 4 2 Larg e pork 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton, 3 4 3 10 the carcase. d s 6 Middling mutton 4 0 4 8 Prime do 4 6 4 4 Veal . 3 10 4 8 Small pork .. 4 0 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Scarcely any change has taken place in the value either 1)f English or foreign hops since we last wrote. The sup lies on offer are but moderate, nevertheless sales for the most Part progress slowly, et previous quotations. Mid and East Rents £5 Os to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Konts 5 Os to 7 7s „ Sussex Yearlings 3 Os to 5 Os „ Bavarian Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA,--A fair amount of business has been transacted in Most kinds, and at public sale full rates have beenobtained for good descriptions. Some fine Japan greens were sold at a high figure. SUGAR.—The demand for raw sugar has been very limited, pending the alteration in the duties. Holders, however, have demanded an advance of 6d per cwt. for West India descriptions. CorrEE.—There has been a steady demand for most de scriptions, especially plantation Ceylon. In some de- Eeriptions, however, quotations may be quoted is to 2s per cwt. lower. RICE,--A moderate business has been done, and quota tions for fine East India have been well supported. CO COA.--More activity has been apparent in the demand, and higher rates have been current for superior qualities of Trinidad. ONEY MARKET AND COMAZUCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There i s st ill a very b r i s k d eman d f or mone y a t the 13 ink of England, in the open market, and in the Stock Exchange. Full rates are required for aec°l3l modation, and the, immediate position of aff4i rti is indicative of considerable firmness. The Bank o f E ng l an d return for the week to w -dnesday is rather unfavourable, as will be bean 153 " the movements exhibited in the subjoined . " na lYsis as regards the bullion, notes iu reserve, and other securities : Active Circulation .. £21,003,220 Increase .. • • • 593.695 13,616,763 Decrease .. • • 516,756 Rest 3,144,179 41,10 Decrease .. • • • • • 740,736 Public Deposits 9 , 818 , 880 Decrease .. .• 461,578 Other Deposits.. .. • • • • 13,348,299 Increase .. .. • • 689,313 Seven Day and other Bills .. • • 525,694 Increase .. • • • • 26,575 Government Securities 11 9 73,056 Decrease .. 58 Other Securities .. .. 22,853,453 Increase .. 654,083 Notes Unemployed .. .. 6,583,655 Decrease .. 1,066,875 About 200,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for transmission to the Brazils, but /12,000 in bar gold was taken into that esta blishment. The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, to be amalgamated with the Gutta Percha Company and Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co.'s manu factory, requires a capital of /1,000,000 (first issue 750,000), in shares of /20 each. The undertaking is to make an d ma i n t a i n li nes o f commun i ca ti o n, both submarine and on land, in every part of the World. The arrangement includes the assignment rthe company of the lease for the submarine telegraph b etween M a l ta an d Al exan d r i a , an d th e 4 l ezandria, Cairo, and Suez Telegraph. S ubjoined i s a re solution provisionally adopted 73 the committee of the Stock Exchange, with the ' Vi ew of arresting the rash speculation going on in the shares o f t h e new compan i es no w almost daily ; j r atrod._ uced:—" The committee will appoint a set tling day f or transact i ons i n s h ares of a new com pany if no allegation of fraud or misrepresentation fr aud has been s u bmitted to them, and provided suffic ient scrip or shar e s be ready for delivery; but such to settleme n t s h a ll be s pecial and shall not apply b a : ) ,, 4 :galo's made previously to delivery of allot .". letters ; no difference arising out of such bar etaal.tlB shall un d er any c i rcum stances be allowed as ThellllB against a d e f au lter's estate." d operations in the Foreign and Colonial Pro n°B Markets during the last day or two have been an average extent as regards tea, which realised t o l tk l. . " ates at public sales. Sugar, however, owing uncertainty felt with regard to the alteration t he du t i es , h as b een neglected, although holders /;! demanded slightly enhanced prices for West j r , t r a • In coffee the operations have been moderate, a b eti °r qualities of colonial having given way ti a °at ls• to 2s. per ewt. Cocoa, rice, fruit, and i t Petre have continued in fair request without ma terial change, whil e t a llow has been rather in. 4e., !ve, the cealin gs f or b o th present and forward delivery resulting in a slight decline. to We are requested to state th a t, in cons eq u e nce a lecture at the Royal Institution this evening, ' 44 the Bonelli Telegraph, the instruments cannot 1. 4 seen after to-day at No. 7, Angel-court ; also that 4 . D, J. Jaffe, of the firm of Jafie Brothers, Belfast tl t l Dundee, has joined the board of directors of GCoelli's Electric Telegraph Company. The Bonelli 'mpany' s shares closed to-day at 16 prem. T he object of the " Telegraphic Construction ot tcl Maintenance Company" is to unite the business t he Gutta Percha Company with the establish. tiTt of Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., and to make ti nh m aintain telegraphic lines of communication, t ll:urine and land, in every part of the world. i e Q ascertained that the manufacture of cables bii 4 . k b more beneficially carried on in one este -I)3ent than in two ; hence Messrs. Glass, Elliot`4l and Co. have purchased the plant, good alld an d works of the Gutta Percha Company, Deal tr ansferred them at cost price to this com er 3' and this company acquires the whole bot htai concerns for £lOO,OOO in fully i l th e 1 3 shares. It thus comes into possession of h atile l'4amated business, and is entitled to profits re r °4l %he Ist January last. There ara also trans )ll)ll:rb the leases of eastern submarine telegraphs te a l i •Y the firm. From the large profits hitherto sea _ and the prospect of a considerable exten etteet°' busin ess , a very remunera ti ve re t urn i s but t i l ed _ ° n the capital. This is fixed at £ll,ooC',ooo,op . t 2. first i ssue i s to b e £750,000, i n 37 ,500 tlad, ( 0 ead e ach- The brokers are Messrs. Seymour s tar, °' and M essrs . C azenove an d Co. W e un d er - 41 th at the capital stock of this company h as t Y e ela subscribed for, and that the applies "lt will close on Monday nest. Two O'CLOCK. Ot Paris thi s day, accor di ng t o M r . Reuter's "her 411 " 11 , the Three pe r Cent. Denies were 69f. 06e. f tOt th e attire of interest is perceptible in the market for ite a English Funds, which continues quiet at 111,4 rquotations, and Consols are again 918 for °1 1). a " rtm 91 z 92 for the Ally account. Eventh e b u. "'l3 % ents of th e B : ocic Exchange recently °Yetut begins 0 exaibit symptoms of leas firm- ness and of a smaller amount of business in pro• gress. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89,1 ; Exchequer Bilis, 7s. 2s. dis.; India 5 per Cents., 105 1; do. 4 per Cents., 991 2; Debentures, 99; 1, and Bonds ss. dis. In the Foreign Market business is moderately active, and prices tend upwards. Mexican are 451 46; Greek 241 ; Spanish Passive, 351 I; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 711 74; do. Consolides 531 Portuguese, 491 ; and Russian, 91' 1, The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very limited, and prices have not varied to any important extent, with the exception of Metropolitan, which have advanced about £1 10s. Ihe Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, without material change as regards values. In Bank and Miscellineous Shares tt e opera tions hive been of a less extensive character, and prices have, with h few exceptions, shown less firmness, London and Westminster realise 921 94; Bank of London, 1701; Union of London, 492 ; and London Financial, 26: 272. The current quotations for some of the principal new undertakings are subjoined :—London and Liverpool Hotel, 1-1, 4 prem.; Ottoman Financial, t 1 prem. ; North Australian, 1 4 prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, 1 prem.; Port Augusta Railway, Ito prem.; International Land Credit, 21 prem. ; Imperial Financial, 61 7 prem.; Financial Corpora tion, 1;, 21 prem.; Tnames Iron, 3 4 prem.; City Offices, 3,1 prem.; Credit Foncier, 6f 71 prem.; Credit Mobilier, 4f, 5 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols . 9 ll t i I i Ditto Account, May 5 92 3 per Cent. Reduced - i New 3 per Cent. B9l i New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891. — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Rh Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 7 dis Ditto £SOO Ditto £lOO and £200 dank England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account.. INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ndia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... 220 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 991 a Ditto Bonds E 1,090 e 5 dis Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 , hilian 6 per Cent... Ditto 41 pet Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account . 2ll 1 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 74 Mexican 3 per Cent .... - - Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent. .. Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account — Portuguese .3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account .. 49i i Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9l Ditto 41 per Cent.. 1850 .. 881 Vitt° 3 per Cent 1859 . 56; Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 SArdinian 5 per C ent .... Ditto Account ipanieh 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account .. 46k Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3 5 Scrinish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account — Swedish, 4 per Cent .. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 i)itto Account 691 Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Ditto 6 per Cent. 180, Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 72k Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 186'2, Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond , u. Austrian, 5 per Cent,, Ex. 10 Florins. -. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 641 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Account Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 67 61 Ditto Account Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f eoruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto April Account Ditto May Liverpool Cotton Market—This Dag, Market quiet. Sales about 5,000 bales. Week's sales, 46,060 bales, including 4,450 on speculation, and 7,270 for export ; actual export, 11,279 bales ; week's imports, 58,319 bales. Quotations —Middling Orleans, 261 ; do. Mobile, 26k; do. 26; estimated fair Egyptians, 261 ; Surats, 101 24. Estimated stock-3u9,560 bales. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April B.—Wind this day at noon—East ; moderate breeze and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Aprit 7.--Wind `V•N.W.—Arrived-- Helioni, from Callao for Dunkirk. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 'Z.—Arrived —Clara Louise, from Buenos Ayres for Antwerp. FALMOUTH, April 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Queen of the West, from Boston. PLYMOUTH, April s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Chalmers, from k 00-ohow-100, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, April 7—Maria, from Aalborg. Arrived, April B—Waterloo, steamer, from Rotterdam — London, steamer, from I.liidewalla. Sailed—Seine, steamer, for Boulogno—Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed— Triton, ship, for Litherick—Johann Daniel, for Kurrachee—Latona, screw steamer, for Genoa— , all from London. MR. STANSFELD.—The Patric alludes as follows to the closing act of the Stansfeld incident—" Mr. Stansfeld has done justice to himself and resigned his post in the Administration. Let us acknow ledge to the honour of England that he has fallen under the verdict of public opinion. It is now a settled thing that a man cannot call himself Maz. zini's friend without incurring the reprobation of all honest men. That is our opinion on this side of the Channel. We are charmed to see that it is likewise that of the whole of the English people." The Pays points out that :Mr. Stansfeld has ended by doing what he should have done at the outset. The Debats describes the hon. member for Halifax as giving way before the storm which he had so indiscreetly brought down on himself. CORPS OF COMMISSIONAIRES.—The annual con certs of this corps, in the Cambridge enclosure, near Spring Gardens, St. James's Park, will commence this afternoon and continue daily from 6,30 till 8.30 p.m. THE LASH FOR GAROTTERS.—The sentences passed at the York Assizes, which closed on Wednesday, are remarkable for the number of instances in which the lash has been ordered, 30 lashes each having been adjudged, in addition to imprisonment, in the sentences of 10 prisoners convicted of garotte and other robberies with violence. MESSRS. COXWELL AND GLAISHER's BALLOON ASCENT.—The balloon which ascended on Wednes day from the Woolwich Arsenal Gas Works alighted a little before dusk on the grounds of the Marquis of Camden, near Sevenoaks. The height ascended did not much exceed two miles. The balloon passed through a cloud a mile in thickness into brilliant sunshine, the atmoshere below being somewhat foggy. The aeronauts did not go beyond the reach of sounds from the ground. The goat which they took up did not manifest any symptoms of alarm, but re mained quiet as if under a sense of perfect security. The balloon was two-thirds full, and contained 60,000 cubic feet of gas. Le Temps gives us a very graphic descripqun et atribalcii'a arrival at Southampton, from the pen of Loui Blanc, who calls it " a spectacle of inclticulable ilffiuguce and .btounding grandeur,'' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1864. SHARE MARKETS This day. - _ ORDINARY SHARES AND 5T0013.5. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. This company require 48 houses in the parish of St. Sepulchre, Snow-hill, situate in Green Dragon, Fox, and Knot, St. George, and St. John's-courts, consisting chiefly of houses of an inferior class and in bad condition, and esti mated to displace 230 persons; but some of the houses, they state, will not be required. The Crystal Palace new lines, connected with the above company, will require 141 houses in St, Mary, Lambeth, displacing 705 persons ; 73 in Clap ham, displacing 375 persons; and 55 in Croydon, 275 per sons, or a total of 8,355 persons. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. EPSOM RACES.—THIS DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATE ST BETTING. METROPOLITAN STAKES. 4to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken freely) sto 1 agat Joco (offered) 7 to 1 bar two (offered) Mare! Railways, Paid. Price. Clot}iing I Busines,, done. Mr., Wol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Oo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A I n A c. gets no div Do.I B paidbee to B. Dublin t Belfast June. :Dun.,Perthdk Ab. June. jEdinburgh Glasgow,: ;Glasg,. and S. Western.: jGreatEastern, Ord. stk 8 8i Si 9 83 f 5 118 11.9 6J 7 Ditto A stoCk.. Ditto East Anglian stl GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern,. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an r W. of Ire Earl.; Great Western Do Str Val gua. stook Lancashire& Yorkshire London and Blaokwall ,Lon., Ilright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover ,Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sovith Western, Man., She., & Lincoln., Maryport and Carlisle. DOI shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . • Do Warning. A; Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leas Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoci, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union I South Devon.....— {South Eastern ,South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok. ;Stockton t Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford d; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Elar.&R West Midland -Oxford', Do Newport Do Hereford, 13.14.1 25 I 10 Bt Bt 50 20 BRITISH POSSE Railways It'antic Sr St Lawrence 13om.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. syer ocnt... Do. New . Do. E. Shares..... Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preferunoe I Bufralo,Brant,&G'odrich le) p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873, Do. do. June I, 16;4' Cleutta.ti S. Eastn.(Liiii; l Cape Town 4v, Dock Seri Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext I Do. do. H do. l i Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fret. Bonds Do. ao. deterred....., Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred 1 Do. 3d 1' ef. stock ' Do. do. deterred Do. 4th Pref. Do. 00. deterred...... Gt. InthaPenin.g ua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. n.... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim ,uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. 01 Canada Sharer] Do. New Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 56 p. o. do. '77-8.. . 'lndian Branch Limited Madras gear., 5 p. c. . Do. 4} p. 0. Extension . Dc. tt Fifth Extension. I Ntelb.Corp. n p. o. Buds. Helb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Ntorth. Bds. NewßruuswieK a Canda Class A an d B. IN. RI. C'_d 3.8 pc Ist t bcw ISoinde I Do. Delhi I Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. . Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 7a all all Fwd. all 35 37 16 17 VO 92 10 461 7/ 65 76 128} 129) 13, 4 /311 1;10 t 32 91 93 61i 65 IG9. 1091 67 t 9 103 t fOli 44 4. 109} 1091 08 99 5i bl li7 JlB 1281 1281 98 100 52 63 25 26 101 102 56 67 88i 89 128 131. 11 2 bP 78 79 1(.1 111 121 123 41 43 98 100 53 64 33 35 90} 91 1 101 IC3 8i Oi 37 38 94 10 o 8 84 0 165 170 5 7 t. 3 4 p 91 96 ;HONS. Closing Prioe. 60 12 102 i 103 P i P p 1 p 5i 6 7i 8i 101 103 99 101 1044 1054 1044 1041 P 6 1y 19i 204 75 17 69 63 66 63 51 63 49 51 40 E 2 2tl 28 22 t 5 103 104 i 11 103 104 10 10} 104 10} 92 94 81 83 IU3 iP 103 97 99 92 94 57 52 3 6 82 84 104 105 1011 10/8 tP 102} 104 97 9) INDIAN CARRYING COMPANY . The report of the directors states that the progress of the company's affairs continues to be satisfactory. Of the new shares offered to the proprietors upwards of 20,000 have been taken up and paid on by them, and the available capital as is now steads will, in the directors' opinion, suffice for the present for the requirements of the company. Since the last meeting letters have been received from the chairman of the company, Sir M. Stephenson, who has been visiting the three principal seats of the company's operations, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta. He expresses himself satisfied with the arrangements and the prospects of the company in India. The accounts for the half-year ending 31st Dec. last, so for as they have been received, show gross returns in the three Presidencies contrasting very favourably with those of the preceding halt• years, and the directors have reason to ex pect that the result of the current half , year will prove at least as satisfactory. As the complete accounts for the pe -63,2 are not yet in their possession, the directors have not considerjudicious to prop ose t o the shareholders to make any e rease on this occa s i on in the dividend. They therefore recm 2 mend that a divid en d at the same rate as ma the previous occah"en, viz., 6 per cent per annum, be de claredabye,:r ending D ec . 31, 1863. In order to n half tors to la; before the shareholders the result of h working ieree made up to 30 and Deo. 31 respectively advice of the company's solicitors, have p re p ared s p ecial under which the precedingefle for the t dh the half-yearly meeti . ..ngs, the direr ors, with the , ar ticles for the regulation of the comptOlY , future general meetings can be held in We months of May and November, or at such other times as nivy be found ex • pedient. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the committee of which Mr. Scourfield is ehalr man resumed its sittings, and passed the Bill for the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway, which it is proposed to in corporate with a capital of £90,000, and to raise £30,000 by loan, with power to create a 5 per cent. debenture stock for a line of between two and three miles from a double junction with the Lancashire and Yorkshire to the joint passenger station ot that and other railways at Halifax. The clauses having been settled, the committee proceeded to consider the merits ot the North-Eastern Company's Bill for a line between York and Doncaster by four branches, the first of 11 miles, from York, crossing the river Ouse, to Selby ; the second of 14 miles, from Selby to the Great Northern at wston, with Eva° other smaller branches, for which purpose the company propose to raise further sums of £333,000 by new ordinary 41 per cent. preference stock, and £llO,OOO by loan, Mr. 11. Thompson, chairman of the company, Lord Wenlock, a considerable landowner on the line, and other witnesses were examined in favour of the project, which is opposed by the West Yorkshire, - West Riding and other neighbouring companies. The committee on the new metropolitan railways, of which Lord Stanley has been appointed chairman, and which was to have met on the 11th, has been postponed until the 18th inst, TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR, THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1864. 1863. £ £ Belfast and N. Counties . 136 Belfast and County Down.... 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 2:001 1.049 731 610 1,734 1,692 6,97 i 6.065 17,340 15,793 322 311 10 199 433 38i 1,603 1.3,),! 2u2 247 1,274 1,287 1,400 1,4 7 2,281 1,637 7,769 6.917 3,005 2,256 8,46 8,515 31.527 27,302 29,816 27,737 1,669 2,061 —. .582 516 8,467 7.615 61,974 55,075 1,802 1,771 88,017 31,230 101 187 97 1:32 533 553 97,184 81,679 1,818 1,666 23,692 20.147 21,367 16,179 5,611 3 225 1525 320 18,185 15.176 1,718 1,108 1,001 1.374 2,136 1,981 16,971 39,607 4,007 4,4.8 11,929 10,996 67,181 19,901 3,415 3,107 8,458 7.802 1,120 1,005 1,014 997 4,764 4,46! 4,760 4,730 3.726 3,253 21,523 17,070 2,407 2,225 175 2,7 2,242 2.030 r. 69 464 1,216 1,232 714 822 3,513 4,423 1,108 875 1,103 773 It appears that tho brougham of Admiral Hall was stand ng in New Bond-street, when the coachman, Mr. Smith, of 3, Earl-street, Kensington, saw the prisoner leaving the brougham with the cape in his hand, which he was busily rolling up, The coachman immediately pursued him, and he was taken into custody. 4,945 1E95 I The prisoner was remanded. 1,611 993 I,l'B 1,045 315 266 3,848 2,343 2,661 2,0:1 22,583 16,206 19,895 14,5 , 2 12,683 9,139 4,387 4,561 369 422 THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSATILT.—Joseph Ro senthal, a foreign Jew, who carries on the business of a clothier and outfitter, at No. 189, High-street, Shadwell, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting Mary Maria Rice, a little girl nearly eight years of age. Mr. William Cooke, a solicitor, defended the prisoner. The child, who gave her evidence with great readiness and simplicity, is the child of poor parents. Her father is in America, her mother is dwelling on the " ruins" in Ham's-court, Rat%liff. The girl who is very little, but remarkably intelligent, said that she and her little brother were on their way home to tea yesterday afternoon, and were met by the prisoner in Ratcliff-highway. He gave her and her brother each a cake, He gave her brother a penny, and told him to go and see the fire. He gave her a farthing, and said he would take her to see the fire, He took her to a house where he lives. He took her into a room. There was no one else there. He put her across his knee, and took a piece of rag and spat upon it twice, and rubbed it on her person. Mr Paget—Anything else ? Witness—No ; nothing else, sir. Mr Cooke cross-examined the little creature very in geniously. She said she did not go to school, or to any church or chapel. She did not know the time. She be lieved it was about 4 o'clock. Her father was an engine driver. Her mother went to ladies' and gentlemen's houses to work. Her mother had not come with her. She said she had no business in the court. Nicholas Rice, a boy aged 10 years, confirmed the evi dence of his sister as to meeting with the prisoner, and stated that as he returned to the prisoner's house and put his foot in the shop he saw his little sister across the pri soner's knee, He gave the prisoner the biscuit he had bought. The prisoner said he did not like it, and sent him for a second. When he brought the second biscuit the prisoner said that would do very well. His sister was then seated alongside the prisoner, who sent him out again and told him to go and see where the fire was. His sister went w ith him. She would not stop any longer. Directly they left the house his sister made a complaint to him. He took his sister back after looking at the fire, and told the prisoner there was a chimney on fire in a private house. The pri soner gave him a half-penny and he went home with his sister. In cross-examination by Mr. Cooke, the boy said he did not go to school. Re stoed at home to mind his sister. pp His sister told her mother when she came home. He told his uncle, who called for the police. After some further evidence, Mr. Cooke addressed the magistrate. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. 3,06) 3,577 2,225 2,025 51,590 47,5 , 3 1,0u6 851 276 225 1,267 1,411 1,431 1.6 0 52,292 45, 00 14,586 10,443 1,017 952 The proprietor of the hotel at Malta where Gari baldi and his suite pat up refused to receive any remunera , . lion, declaring that he felt only too proud to have had such an illustrious man as the General for his guest. At the in stance of Colonel Chambers, however, he was compelled to accept payment of his bill. TUE _RECENT OUTRAGE AT LIVERPOOL.—Dr. Rowe, w h o was so savagely beaten by the young men Brico and Scott was yesterday a little better, though still in a very weak and dangerous condition. His injured leg causes intense pain, and materially interferes with the repose which is so necessary for his lungs, which have been very much congested. The doctors have strong hopes of , a yi n g his life, but state that even if they succeed he will always be an invalid. T I LE SON OF QUEEN POMARE, heir presumptive of Tahiti, has come to France ro study two curious things is combination, namely, cathedral music and military natters—the high roads to civilisation aceordieg to I Tahitians. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Llanboldy Newcastle and Gateshead 14 Knighton Liverpool Hunt Club.... 15 Lewes Spring . 19 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury.. Blay,ion Radcliffe l6 Ju. AY. Redditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden .... 20 Epsom NB Wye .... 1 Maidstone 3 Ascot .. Hampton l5 Newton Odiharn Bibury Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Na wcastle-on-Tyne Worcest►r (Summer) Ipswich LY. Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Nottingham . l9 Winchester Southampton .. Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon . 9 Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford .. SEFT: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester .. Bridgwater Doncaster OCTI Dover York August Z.' Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stockton Devon and Exeter Derby :MBER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 Bedford 4 Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 MR. Leamington &War. Hunt 22 Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRI Are Kildare Hunt Curragh County Louth 2O, 21 :SH. RIL. 22, 23 Athlone 26, 27 Cork Tullamore Tipperary 3O, 31 Springhill 2 Galway h Hunt ... 1 . 0 3 :1 4 1 N JUNE. Carragh ... 28, 29, 30 SEPTEMBER. Carragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBER, Curragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. APRIL. Abergavenny .. 6 NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL WITHOUT FINES FOR SAVAGE ASSAULTS ON PARK CONSTABLES.—John Porricott, a rough fellow, was charged before Mr. Knox with disorderly conduct in Kensington Gardens and assaulting two of the park con stables. Benjamin Sims, park. constable, No. 40, said that on the previous afternoon he had his attention called to the pri soner by a lady, who said that she had been frightened by the prisoner rushing up to her aid throwing his arms about. He watched the prisoner and saw him annoy some gentlemen, who were obliged to leave the path in consequence. He told the prisoner that he had better leave the gardens, when he began squaring up to him. He succeeded in getting the prisoner to the Serpentine bridge, when two other park constables came to his assistance, and while taking the prisoner, who had been drinking, across Hyde-park, he violently kicked two of the constables. They were then obliged to get the stretcher and strap the prisoner down before they could get him to the station. Edward Robinson, park constable, No. 41, said that while taking the prisoner across Hyde park, and just as he passed the Magatine Barracks, the prisoner gave him a dreadful kick on tho inside of the thigh which had almost disabled him that morning from walking. _ . . _ ... _ Richard Nuke, park constable, No. 43, proved receiving a severe kick near the groin from the prisoner. Mr. Knox said the prisoner had made a nice job of it, He might have cost the two constables their lives. Noke said the prisoner insulted everybody he came near, and besides the kick he gave him in the thigh, kicked his hand. Prisoner remarked that all he could say was that he was very sorry. Mr. Knox said that was all very well, but the prisoner, a fellow with a pair of boots fit for a Cornish wrestler, had kicked two men who were only doing their duty, and if the kick had been an inch higher he might have been before him for murder. He should commit the prisoner, without the option of a fine, for two months' hard labour—a month for each assault. CARRIAGE ROBBERY.—Richard Manners, a lad, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a cloth cape, the property of Admiral William Hall, from a brougham in New Bond-street. 0,1e.4' 12.10 all 100 (100 1 100 2 all 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.o.Ja. stJ uly - 1877-Si . . 100 101 103 102 3 Do. 6p. c. Feb. eL Aug. 100 102 104 Do. dp. c. filar. dz Sept. 100 1100 102 Do. Ep. o. Jan.&July. lOC 89 91 89} Do. 5 1 nscribed stock 100 88 90 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 110 112 Do. 1891 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 109 111 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 111 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 130 108 110 N.B.Gov. 6 pm. J a.&J uly 100 102 IC4 103 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W .Gov. 5 p 18 , 4 100 99i 100} Do. sp. c.,18,1 to Lit 100 99 10 Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 99 100 991 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lO3 104 106 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO S. Aus G6p.c.1878.4 up lOO 110) 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja,&July 100 Do. to 6p.a. A.n.&00t.. 100 108} 104 1081 BRITISH MINES. 2 !Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 6 id - lOitlord Amalgamated - 36 87 - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 550 660 - East Bassett(lllogan) 30 676 726 - East Clogau Gold Ltd - - East Caradon ...... ?).14.0 31} 3 - East Cana Brea... 3.4.0 7 71 E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 41 GamASt.Auhyn(Gwen , 581 10 .11 - Great South Tolgus 17s 3 Si - G. Wheal Vor(lietston 40 34 30 - Grenville 6.16. ( si 0 - HercAPs-Foot 8.12 85 37 - Ilingston Downs 4.18.0 4 46 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (IJny Lelant 94 19 21 Ilarke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2A 1/ f d - New Setun l9l 8j 95 -• North Downs 2l 16 2 l3aseet(lllo2;an 3.1.0 2 21 ' - North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 41 5z - Par Consols(tSt. Blazey. - - - ,Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 - ISoutliCaradon(St.Cleer. it 440 (60 - IS. Carn Brea (Illogan) - - - Wheal Fran.(lllogan 18.18.9 50 55 - !Stray Park 30.17.6 32 34 - CarnarSilv.fi Lead Min. - - - - fin Cron , )51 19 W est Basset (Illogan) l6 10 11 - C. radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 - West Seton - Wheel Basset (Mogan) 5* 871 021 - Wheal Buller( ttedruth)l 10 35 40 - Wheal Kitty (15.1.elant)! 2.0.6 - WhealLuct ott - Wheal 31aryAnn i.r.len ) 8 131 141 - Wheal lieton 5Bl 190 200 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 I 2/ 24 2 , 1 - ! IVheal Union 3.17 21 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 93 London, Chatham, and Dover !) per cent. pref., 97 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33} JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance (tim.), 50 Ditto, new, 40 Anglo Austrian, 7i 1 1 Australasia, 7.51 Ditto, new, 471 Bank of Egypt, 20 Bank of London. 170 1 Bank of otago, lira., 44 Bank of Queensland (lim), 21/ Bank of New Zealand, 151 Brazilian and Portuguese, lint., 91 81 British and Californian, lim., 71 1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 42 Colonial, lim., 411 Consolidated Bank, lim., 113 Continental, lim., 101 East London, lim., 81 Ditto, new, 8 / - English and Irish (lira.), 171 4 English and Swedish, Bm., 13/ European Bank, lira., 11/ 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira,), Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 18 Imperial Bank (11m.), 42_16 Ditto, new, 26 / Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira,, 41. London Joint Stock, 444 4 5 London and Northern (Urn.), 211 411 London and South African, 28/ London and South American. lira., 91 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 18/ London and Brazilian (lira.), 60} London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, Um., 20 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 Loudon and County. 62 Loudon and South-Western (lira.), 23 1 London and Westminster, 92 10 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (Um.), 33 Mexican, lira., I Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, Um., 12} Ditto, new, 12 ill Union of Australia, 551 Ditto, new, 32; Union of London, 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 21} 1 Commercial Union .lusurance), 9/ Contract Corporation, Um., 6/ Credit Fonder, 12/ Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, lira,, lo}:9} Hudeon's Bay, 198 r: I m p e rial Financial, lira., 111 12 j Indian Carrying (lira), 1/ International Financial Society, 12/ 11/ Joint stock Discount, liin., 7} Land Securities, Urn., 5 London Fivanzial Association, lira., 263- 74 Ditto, new, issued at 4 pm, 16 London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 21 Londn Provincial Marine, 44 1 ,ladras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, new. 201 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim,,t2t Mercantile Credit Association, lirn., 15/ Natal Land and Colonization Company, lira., ational Discount Comp ,ny, lira., 134 Ditto, new, issued at 5 pm , North British Australasian, Panama, N. Zealand, auLl Aust. F. Mail, lint, 71 ltotk l stock stook 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.13.41 1031 47 1291 411 5 loot S Z t.lBs 53} 118 i 18 19 B°} } Business done 1864. 1863. Myth and Tyn,.. Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121,/ Caledonian Cockermouth& Workington Bl 81 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 Cork and Youg,hal .. 32 32. Cornwall 651 53 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belt ast J unction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 48 Edinburgh and Glasgow 173 161 Furness, &c 5O 5 0 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 353 351 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlud.) 3731 329 Great Western 10561 10561 Inverness & Aberdeen June— 861 864 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 Irish North-Western 145 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 432 3951 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 261 261 Llanelly 461 461 London & North-Western London and Blackwall s} 51 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 250. London, Chatham, & Dover.. 72} 724 Do. Metropolitan Extension 101 51 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend .. 421 421 61an.,Sheflield,&Lincolnsti .. 2394 2394 Ranch. S.J un.di Altrincham— 94 9.1 Haryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 610 Midland Gt.Westn. of 'rind 2",91 2591 Monkland 51onmoutsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 North Brhitish, Edin., Perth and Dundee .. N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 10791 N or th London 9 9 254 254 N or th Staffordshire Oswestry and Newton... Rhymney St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 62 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ..... Somerset and Dorset 66 391 South Devon ..........•..•• 751 75 3 / 4 South-Eastern Taff Vale Ulster Vale of Clwyd. ....... Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W e st Cornwall 2 71 W.Hartlepoolliarbr.&Rail.„ 52 W'haven,Cleator,& Egramt 7 Whitchaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp an d Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B B e l g i an Eastern Junction 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Len. Indih, 1851 Buffalo and Lake Huron 1614 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 D u tch Rhenish E as tern Bengal Eastern of France 1135 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 5 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India ... „ 7 9 Great Western of Canada 3 45 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant 650 Northern of Canada .. Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 779 Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian........ 1527 S ou thern of France ...... Victorian lO6 Welland ---25 West h Landers 75 W. and N.W. of France . 932 251 31 77 2',:i 48} 1713 1444 14 68 6SO 196 —L as t Evening. Bank of England Return, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cep. 32, fur the week ending on Wednesday, the 6th day Li April, 1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. -rotes issued .......£27,586,8;5 Government Debt .£11,015,1C0 Other Securities 3.631•eeu Gold Coin & Bullion 12,936,875 Silver Bullion .... £27,586,57 5 ' £27,586,875 BAli Row 1.) oprietors' Capi tal £14,553, 000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and EPARTIMLIENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn nultY) ....... £11,273,V6 Other Securities 22,8! 3,453 Notes ........... 6,583,655 Gold and. Sliver 679,888 Coin ......... Dividend Ac counts) 9.818,5 50 Other Deposits 15,348, 299 Seven Day and other Bills 625,691 X 41,390,0 52 X 41390,052 ,RSHALL, Casla,ter. April 7, 1564, HER MAJESTY'S SHIP MAGPIE ASHORE AT GALWAY.—GALWAY, Monday.—Her Majesty's ship Magpie went ashore on Crab Island,on Monday morn ing, during the fog. The steam er Rover has gone down to her assistance. She is expected to be got off to-night, being stripped of everything movable to l i g hten her, as the sea is running high. Galway, Monday Night.—He r M a j es t y ' s gun boat Magpie, which was ashore at Crab Isl an d, i s ex pected tote got afloat to-night with slight damag e . THE ORATORY.—Mr. Newdegat© will bring for ward his motion relative to " the secret burial ground of the Oratory" in the House of Ccmmons to night; basing it, we believe, on a petition disclosing very curious facts as to the doubtful registration of burials, changes of name of tombstones, and wills made under spiritual advice. He will move for a select committee. THE PAMPERO CASE.- 0 a Monday Lord Ormi dale heard parties on a motion by Mr. Gifford for the Lord Advocato, for an order on Messrs. Thotison, engi. nears, Glasgow, and others, to deliver up the contents of certain boxes now in the hands of the sheriff clerk of Glas gow, and Consisting of models of the Pampero, equipments of the vessel, and furnishings, being uniforms, accoutre ments, &c„ to be used as evidence at the ensuing trial. Mr. Gifford, in the course of his argument in surporr of his motion, said it would probably be followed by an applica tion for a search-warrant to compel the recovery of those articles. Mr. Clark and Mr. Shand, on beaalf of the owners and builders, objected to the motion, i ka i n t a i n i ng that it was unprecedented in a civil cause to ;rant E•uc', a motion in name of a diligence. Tlati Lord Ordinary took the application to avizandtina.—tScotsmad. t ST. , BEB. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS —Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SONDERBURG. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY drew the attention of the noble earl the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to the tele gram stating that Sonderburg had been bombarded by the Prussians without any previous knowledge to the inhabi tants. He could not say the statement was, true. He hoped it was not, but if it was, it was one of the most out rageous acts ever perpetrated, not only in civilized, but un civilized nations. He trusted that if such was likely to be repeated, the British fleet would be at once despatched to put a stop to such cowardly and most terrible atrocities. Earl RUSSELL said he had seen the telegram, and he had taken steps to know whether it was true. In the course of a few days he should be in the possession of correct in formation, and until that time he must defer giving any opinion on the subject. DENMARK. Earl GREY asked the noble lord whether, when the noble lord, not now in his place, brought forward his motion with respect to Denmark, he would take the same objection to a discussion on the subject, similar to that he did previous to the Easter holidays, and whether he would object to a discussion being taken in the early part of the correspondence on the subject that had been laid on the table. Earl RUSSELL said he could not now say that papers were to be laid on the table or negotiations were now going on, because all the Pcwers had agreed to a conference. He should not object to a discussion, neither did he think it desirable to separate the correspondence in order that different parts of it might be separately discussed. THE LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES ACT. ENCLOSURE OF HAMP STEAD-HEATH. Lori C R,AN WORTH moved the second reading of this bill, which he said was merely for the purpose of improving an act of Parliament passed some eight years ago, which enabled certain estates to be improved by granting building leases. The Earl of MALMESBURY approved of the bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR also thought the bill would simplify matters which now were left in doubt by the former bill. The bill was read a second time. MALT FOR ANIMALS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. COURT OF CHANCERY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CONVEYANCE &c., IRELAND BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SrEAK.ER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Finchley, Willesden, and Acton Railway—Haslingden and Rawtenatall Water—and Land Securities Company. The order for committing the Colne Fishery Bill was read and discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BR&ND a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for Fyfe, in the room of Mr. James Erskine Wemyss, deceased. BREECH•LOADING RIFLES. Mr. ONSLO W asked the Under Secretary of State for War, whether his attention has been called to the vast superiority of the Prussian breech-loading rifles in the Danish campaign, as described in the letter of the Times' correspondentfrom Sonderburg ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he had no reason to believe that the breech loading rifles in question were superior to those given out to our own army, and it was necessary to give the latter a fair trial. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose at 20 minutes to 5 o'clock to make his annual financial state ment, the house having gone into committee of ways and means. The right hon. gentleman, who was received with cheers, said : Mr. Massey—With a view to gather fully the purport of the figures which I am about to submit to the house, it may be well that we should notice in the first in stance, though in very few words, the particular circum stances which have affected the condition of the country. In the financial year 1862-3 we had but an indifferent har vest. Ireland was suffering under lamentable depression, and Lancashire had been afflicted beyond all example. In the year 1863.1, on the contrary, England at least was blessed with a harvest of unusual abundance ; the distress of Ire land was in some degree mitigated, at least as regards the consuming powers of the country and the low price of grain; and as respects Lancashire, the distress which was there suffered had been very considerably reduced, although it still continued in a condition far below that of its usual prosperity and vigour. Upon the whole, therefore, sir, after considering on the one hand the advantages, and, on the other hand, the drawbacks of the year, we may perhaps arrive at the conclusion that circumstances did not differ ma terially from those of an average financial year. Sir, with that brief preface I proceed to lay before the committee the statement which I have to make. And, first, as respects the financial year which has just expired. The expenditure of that year, as it was estimated on the 16th of April, 1863' was £67,749,000. But there were augmentations, chiefly in consequence of the New Zealand war, and partly in consequence of payments for the Scheldt toll which were made during the present session, which raised the amount to £68,281,000. The actual expendi ture, however, under the authority of Parliament was only £67,056,000, or less by nearly a million and a quarter than the sums which the various departments have been autho rised to lay out. As respects the army, its estimate, amounted to £15,469,000, but its actual expenditure was no more than £14,638,000, and this although a war has been unhappily raging in New Zealand, which cannot be consi dered to have added less, and may perhaps be esti mated to have added more, to the military expenditure of the country than half a million of money. The votes of the navy were £10,736,000, and the expenditure was very nearly the same, viz., £10,821,000. The miscellaneous services authorised by Parliament were £7,805,000, and the expen diture £7,702,000. And here, sir, it may, perhaps, be well that I should stop for one moment to disabuse the mind of some portion of the house of an impression which has gone abroad as to the constant and rapid increase in the miscel laneous estimates of the country. The miscellaneous ser vices for the year 1859-60 amount to £7,721,000; for the year 1863-64, to £7,702,000 ; and the estimates for the pre sent year amount, as they now lie upon the table, to £7,628,000. Upon the whole, therefore, this portion of the public expenditure has now for some time been about sta tionary, for the tendency to decrease—the decrease shown being £93,ooo—is too small to state as a fact of much signi ficance. There is, however, another item of civil expendi ture which was at one period viewed with peculiar and just jealousy by the house. I mean that called the packet estimate. In the year 1860-61 the house was called upon to vote for that estimate £1,069,000. I need not say that it is an estimate which it is difficult to operate upon, inas much as it takes place under contracts that subsist for considerable terms of years. The estimate which we propose to submit for the present year will not amoun' to more than £883,000, showing a reduction of £186,000 within the last four years. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, it is desirable that the house should understand what is the state of our expenditure as it has appeared in the last year, in comparison with the expenditure of former and recent years. I now give it as it appears in the exchequer accounts, only placing to the debit of each year the sums of money which are called "excesses," and which, in the exchequer account, appear of a later year than that to which they properly refer. Taking that view, our expenditure was, in the year 1862-3, £69,302,000, and in 1863-4 it was £67,056,000, showing a decrease of £2,246,000. In 1861-2 it was £70,838,000 ; and the decrease, estimated in the same manner, would be £8,782,000. In 1860-1, when the China charges were very heavy, the expenditure was £72,504,000 ; and the expendi ture of the year just expired, when compared with that sum, shows a decrease of £5,448,000. It I go back to 1859-60, which may be called the first of the years of high expendi ture, we spent £70,017,000 ; and the expenditure of 1863-4, as compared with 1859-60, shows a diminution of £2,961,000. But, in order to come more accurately at the state of this important portion of the case, it is necessary to take into view two circumstances. On the one hand, we have in curred of late years certain charges for fortifications, and on the other hand, both our expenditure and revenue have in cluded, during the past year, a considerable amount, not less than £1,125,1/00, which does not appear at all in the ac counts of the previous years. When I rectify the balance by the removal of those new charges appearing on both sides, and by the addition of the charge for for tifications, the account will stand as follows :—ln 1859-60 the expenditure was £70,017,000. In 1863-4 it was £66,731,000, fortifications included, showing a de crease, as compared with 1859-60, of £3,286,000. I need not trouble the committee with the comparisons drawn on the same basis for the intermediate years. That may be dis pensed with. I shall have enough of that commodity to present when I am giving full particulars. There still re mains this element, in order to state that case with p er f ect clearness, that it is also known that in the year 1860 we re ceived, through the providence of our forefathers, a benefit of considerable relief from debt. The permanent an n ua l relief we have been enjoying since 18.60 is £2,146,000 ; b ut in the year 18 59-69, owin g to a particular arrangement, th e c harge on account of the s e terminable annuities, which dropped altogether in 1860, was increased beyond that amount. As I stated in the budget of 1859-60, the charge in that year on account of terminable annuities, which have Since ceased, was £2,546,000. Deducting that sum from the expenditure in 1859 -60, for the purpose of comparison with the and as showi ng h ow i t stoo d i n rela tiontot y ha e t a r r 6 el l i B ef, 3 l : t 4, stands at £67,471,000. The expendi ture of last year was £66,881,000. That I believe to be a true comparison. In this point of view the expenditure of last year shows some diminution as compared with that of 1859-60. There is an absolute diminution of £649,000, in dependently of the relief from the long annuities, which, although not a very large sum, is worth taking into notice. It is the more material, as this is the first year I am enabled to state to the house that, after allowing for the relief from the cessation of the long annuities, our actual expenditure, including fortifications, is less than it was in 1859- 60. (Hear, hear.) I now come to compare the expenditure of the year which has expired with the revenue of that year, and of course I must go back simply to the exchequer account, in order to explain at this stage the precise effect. The expenditure for the year 1863-64, as it appears in the exchequer account, is £67,056,000 ; the revenue for the same year, as represented in the same account, is £70,208,000, showing a surplus of revenue over expenditure of £ 3 ,152,000. But in order to estimate that surplus, it may be necessary to consider the expenditure for fortifications, for although the house made deliberately, and a matter of policy, a separate arrangement fey dealing with that expen diture, yet in point of law it must appear in the balance sheet. The expenditure for fortifications for last year was £BOO,OOO, and if I deduct that amount from the surplus of the £3,152,000, there will still remain a clear surplus of revenue over expenditure of £2,352,000. Perhaps the com mittee will desire to know in what way the estimates of the revenue have corresponded with the anticipations which last year the house was encouraged to form. Last year I esti mated the revenue at the period oi the Appropriation Act at £6B,l7l,ooo—the actual receipts have been .P 70,208,000. The surplus, therefore. of the actual receipt beyond the anticipated retteipt is £2,037,000. M ore or less that surplus 07 ' 0. Th e exc i se was esti-. a c t ually amount e d to 123 appears in every branch of the revenu e . Th e customs were estimated 232, oo a o, at 0 L f 2 a 2 n ,737, O excess oo o . f b z u s t oo t mated at £17,624,000, whereas it yielded £18,207,000. The stamps were estimated at £9,000,000, but they yielded £9,317,000. The income tax was estimated at X 8,600,000, but it yielded £9,084,000; and there were other surpluses of small accounts upon remaining items of revenue, with on e slight exception—under the head of China. The house naturally looked with great interest, not only to the aggregate, but to the detailed receipt of revenue from the customs; for whatever may be the case with regard to the excise, the customs .are the branch of revenue which gives us the greatest number of criteria for judging of the condition of the people. (Hear, hear.) The totalel3- crease of customs for last year, as compared with the previ ous year, when the tea duty was is bd per pound, was esti mated at £1,297,000, whereas the actual decrease was £802,000. Notwithstanding that, the important article of sugar, including molasses, in consequence of the partial scarcity, instead of increasing with the improved condition of the country, shows a positive decrease of £253,000. And again, in that branch of the revenue, the decrease of which I always referred to with satisfaction—l mean the revenue derived from the duty upon corn—it warn less in the year just expired than in that which preceded, it by no less a sum than £225,0003 thereby bearing testimony to the abundance of domestic produce and the moderation of the price at which the first necessary of life was being supplied to all classes of the community. The article of wine shows an increase of £104,000, which I conceive to be a very satisfac tory increase. The article of spirits shows an increase of £285,000. Tobacco shows an increase of between £200,000 and £300,000. The article of tea, which had been estimated to show at the end of the year a loss to the revenue of £1,300,000, showed only an actual loss of £930,0130. With regard to the large excess of revenue from excise over the estimate, that has been owing to two causes. IN ith the partial improvement in the condition of the coun try, the article of spirits—that distilled at home—shoves an improvement of £250,000. And the important branch of revenue which we derive from malt, in conse quence of the almost unparalleled excellence of the bar ley harvest, shows the greatest receipt ever known, and an increase over the previous year of £710,000. That is an augmentation we cannot expect in future years, and the committee must bear in mind that the estimate of the revenue from the excise does not bear the same relation now to the actual revenue which it did before the malt credits were shortened. Before that time, when it was the practice to give from six to eight months' credit for the payment of the malt duty, the effect was that when the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his financial statement he knew what his estimate for malt would be for the coming year. At present he only knows about one-half of it, and on this account there was an element of uncer tainty introduced int) the estimates in this particular article, for which some allowance must be made. The only other article of revenue which I wish to refer to is the China in demnity. It was estimated at £450,000, but the actual re ceipt was £135,000. Sir, if I compare the revenue of the year just passed with the revenue of former years, it is be cause I think that in the growth of the revenue of the coun try we have, upon the whole, a pretty sure test of the growth of its strength and of its resources. (Hear, hear.) Com paring then the revenue for 1863.64 with that of the years 1862-63, the result is this—that, although taxes to the ex tent of between £3,000,000 and £4,00i,000 were remitted, the decrease in the revenue would appear to be no greater than £394,0G0. However, that is not precisely correct, for it is necessary to allow for a considerable increase in the two last heads of our receipts, but which ought not to be consi dered properly heads of revenue—l mean the miscellaneous receipts and the Chinese indemnity. After deducting these two heads, the revenue for the year 1862.63 was £67,850,000; while the revenue for 1863-64, after making a similar deduc tion, stands at £67,173,000. The comparative decrease, therefore, between the two years may be stated at 5677,000. But when it is considered that the remission of taxation for 1863-04 was £3,7o3,ooo—(hear)—that the loss anticipated from the remission was £3,343,000, and that the actual loss was only £677,300—it will appear that the recovery in the re venue has been no less tkan £3,026,000. (Cheers.) But if we look back further for the purpose of comparing the growth of the revenue of the country, not mei ely within a twelve month—if we go back to the year 1860-61, since which period we have imposed no new taxes—l do not, of course, take into account charges altogether insignificant —we find ' hat the revenue for 1860-61 showed a gross total of £70,283,000, but, deducting the miscellaneous receipts of which I have spoken, a total of £68,830,000. Well, taking the revenue for '63.64 at £67.176, that shows a decrease in the revenue since 1860.61 of £1,657,000. But then within that period we have taken 3d. from the income tax, which withdraws from the revenue a sum of £3,525,000 ; we have 'alren off the paper duties, which may be set down at £1,340,000; we have reduced the tea duties, which repre sents a loss to the revenue of £1,660,000 ; while the repeal of the charges upon shipping cost £143,010. Altogether, therefore, there has been a diminution of taxation to the extent of £6,638,000 since the year 1860-61, while there has been a decrease in the revenue to the extent only of £1,657,000. (Cheers.) The result is, that during these three years the increase in the revenue has been £5,011,000, or at the rate of .£1,670,000 a year. (Cheers.) But if we go back further still, and compare these results with the average revenue of the five years commencing with 1858- 59, we find that the annual increase in the revenue during those five years has not been so great. As far as I can cal culate, the revenue has grown during these five years, upon the average, £1,233,700 each year. If we go back to 185; it would appear that the revenue has grown, upon the average, to the full extent of £1,000,000 per annum, and even in the worst years, viz., 1860-61, and 1861-62, the growth has been £900,000. In a better year, such as that which has new e apsed, it has been nearly £2,000,000. Upon the whole, it may be safely calculated that the in - crease in the revenue from its own inherent vigour is at :a rate exceeding £1,000,000 per annum. (Hear, hear) I will uow state the condition of our cash account, and the opera tions touching the National Debt. The balance in the ex chequer on the 31st of March, 1863, was £3,763,000, and on the 31st of March, 1861, they were £7,352,000, which is an ample, though not an excessive amount. With respect to the liquidation of the debt during the year, it has been con siderable, £1,000,000 of exchequer bonds have been paid off, and £1,994,000 of exchequer bills. Besides that, stock and exchequer bills to the extent of £366,000 have been-liqui dated from surplus revenue, making a total of £3,360,000 of the capital of th(, debt liquidated within the year. But in dependently of that, the committee should take into view • that a large cum is actually paid, in the shape of terminable annuities, towards the liquidation of the debt, representing not interest, but capital, to the extent of £1,400,00 per an num. There are other payments of a minor description to the extent of £205,000, which brings up the net amount o f debt liquidated to £4,146,000. (Hear, hear.) A s th e re salt of the measure passed last year for the conversion of perpetual into terminable annuities, I have to acquaint the committee that we have during the last year converted per petual annuities to the extent of £433,000. As regards the huge total of our debt, it has been always a matter of inte rest to know what is the state of the capital charge as com pared with former periods. I confess I have never been able toacquiesce the n ationali n taking into accoun t our great view t al was t a matter of t r ifling m oment. It appears to me to be a very formidable and inflexible wealth, t he e that, fact, and likely to become much more pave and serious should our prosperity turn out to be less permanent than most of us are disposed to anticipate. But the actual capital of the national debt at the present moment stands thus. Stock—that is, perpetual annuities—L74o 993 000 ' ' Bank debts, £37 , 645 ,000—and by Bank debts I mean 'capi tal sums, not the contract value assigned to stock by Act of Parliament, but capital sums repayable in money—ex chequer bonds, £2,600,000; exchequer bills, £10,526,000. Making a total amount of debt of £7 9 1,574,000. 1n' 53254 which was the lowest point the debt reached since the close of the revolutionary war—it stood at £769,082,000. The Russian war produced, of course, important changes in these figures, and the debt now stands at £22,492,000 higher than it stood in '53-'54. Tie '56, immediately after the close of the Russian war, it was £808.108,000, and it now stands, as I have stated, at .c 791,574,000. In l , the maximum point of debt, it was £861,039,000, whicha charge of the debt was £32,646,000. In 1863-4 it a w al shows a decrease of £69,465,000. In 1815, th l e annual £26,211,000, showing a decrease in the annuae of of £6,435,000 ; therefore we stand with a reduction .t £69,465,000 against capital, of £6,400,000 kgainse, a charee, and the results of the efforts and of the experiene th e great throughout nation, of its Ministers, and its with Parliament,a capital of half-a-century, are that we stand and with an annual £791,000,000 facing as for the future, present bet ween charge which must remain for the ' £26,`,;00,000 and .f.a6, 500000. (Hear, hear.) The general state of the trade of the country, upon which our fut ure prosperity must mainly de p end, is certainly of vigour and strength, This is surprising when we consider it is still subject to a serious drawback. The figures are so enor mous that they are almost staggering. I will give them in the largest and simplest form for the years_'6l '62, Qa Du sk 1 N h arr 00 1 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 4toax 1031 i i 4